'Firefox 76' official release, password management function will be greatly enhanced



The official version of the web browser 'Firefox 76' has been released. In addition to reducing the risk of password stealing, a mechanism has been introduced to check whether the stored password has been leaked.

Firefox 76.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/76.0/releasenotes/

More reasons you can trust Firefox with your passwords | The Firefox Frontier
https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/trust-firefox-with-your-passwords/

Firefox 76: Audio worklets and other tricks-Mozilla Hacks-the Web developer blog
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/05/firefox-76-audio-worklets-and-other-tricks/

◆ New password protection function added
When trying to view the password stored in Firefox Lockwise , if the master password is not set, you are now prompted to enter the login password for that device. The risk of stealing your password when you leave your seat for a while is likely to decrease.



◆ Display a warning when the password is the same as the leaked password
Passwords stored in Firefox Lockwise are now checked against passwords that have already been compromised. If there is a password that matches the compromised password, you will be warned that the password is weak.



In addition, if both the login ID and password match, a red warning indicating that the data has been leaked is displayed. In addition,

Firefox does not know the password by this verification .



◆ Improved picture-in-picture operability
Picture-in-picture is a function that allows you to continue watching while doing other work by cutting out the movie you are watching in Firefox into a small window, but from Firefox 76 you can double-click the small window to full screen. You can switch to playback. It is also possible to return to the original size by double-clicking again.

◆ Voice processing update
Audio Worklet support has been added to facilitate complex audio processing such as VR and games. With this change, it will be possible to join the Zoom conference without additional download.

◆ Web Render is now available on laptops
WebRender, which improves the display speed of websites, is now available as standard on laptops with an Intel graphic chip and screen size of 1920x1200 or smaller.

◆ Contents for developers
・ Update of debugger
By setting a file as a black box, you can set the debugger to ignore the file during debugging work, but Firefox 76 introduced a setting to make a black box inside / outside a folder. Combined with the 'Set to root directory' function to focus on the contents of the folder, it is possible to debug more efficiently.



· Console output is collapsed
You can enter multiple lines by setting the console to multiline mode, but since Firefox 76, only the first five lines of the input will be displayed and the rest will be collapsed.



・ It is possible to copy the entire call stack information.
It is now possible to copy the entire stack trace information when displaying the call stack information in the debugger.



・ Always enable 'expand all' in JSON preview
・ WebSocket inspection supports

Action Cable
Besides, ' Socket.IO ', ' SignalR ', ' WAMP supports the library, such as'.



-WebSocket control frame is hidden
The WebSocket control frame is used by the server and browser to manage real-time communication, but since it does not contain data, it is hidden by default since Firefox 76.

-Network table columns can be resized appropriately by double-clicking
Double-clicking between columns in the network table now automatically adjusts the width to fit the contents of each column.



Firefox 76 also includes numerous security fixes .

in Software, Posted by log1d_ts